Last summer, I was able to participate in the summer school and the JSALT workshop, organized by Johns Hopkins. The sixth edition of the event Frederick Jelinek was happening, and it was held in Canada for the first time, at ÉTS (École de technologie supérieure)!
As explained by the director of the software engineering and information technology department at ÉTS, Patrick Cardinal, “the summer school aims to advance scientific knowledge in the field of speech technologies, but it also serves to stimulate student interest in research.” It was with this objective that I participated in the event. I wanted to find out what research is and if it is something I would like to pursue.
In other words, after studying many years in tech and graduating soon, I wanted to find out if I would like to do a Ph.D…